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were running deficits. we're running a huge deficit. sooner or later it will burn us and burn us badly and we have to do something about it. and we not support -- he would not support the -- >> you can't seriously deal with the issue. >> he didn't deal with it when boll-simpson came in with the recommendation. >> romney is now rolling back on obama care. and now maybe the pre-existing condition part is not so bad after all. and like he rolled back on the medicare theme as far as the $700 billion redirected by obama, over to obama care. all of this is in an election year, people are playing around with these issues. you're right. we got to deal with the deficit and the debt. >> the middle class cringes at the idea of redistribution. they know that people like mort and others are -- they can find their loopholes. but they cringe at it. >> social security and medicare are the federal government redistribution. >> do you think that -- >> i think people know -- >> let's talk about political correctness. don't talk about redistribution. it is
were running deficits. we're running a huge deficit. sooner or later it will burn us and burn us badly and we have to do something about it. and we not support -- he would not support the -- >> you can't seriously deal with the issue. >> he didn't deal with it when boll-simpson came in with the recommendation. >> romney is now rolling back on obama care. and now maybe the pre-existing condition part is not so bad after all. and like he rolled back on the medicare theme as far...
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when we talk about deficits, if we're adding to our deficit for tax cuts for folks who don't need them and we're cutting investments in research and science that will create the next apple, create the next new innovation that will sell products around the world, we'll lose that race. if we're not training engineers to make sure they are equipped here in the country, then companies won't come here, those investments are what will help to make sure that we continue to lead this world economy, not just this year, but 50 years from now, 100 years from now. >> government doesn't create job. government does not create jobs. >> governor, i want to introduce to you barry green, he's going to have the last question to you first. >> hi, barry. >> hi, governor. >> i think this is a tough question for each of you. what do you believe is the biggest misperception that the american people have about you as a man and a candidate? using specific examples, can you take this opportunity to debunk that misperception and set us straight. >> thank you. that's an opportunity for me, and i appreciate it. in
when we talk about deficits, if we're adding to our deficit for tax cuts for folks who don't need them and we're cutting investments in research and science that will create the next apple, create the next new innovation that will sell products around the world, we'll lose that race. if we're not training engineers to make sure they are equipped here in the country, then companies won't come here, those investments are what will help to make sure that we continue to lead this world economy, not...
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either, candy, this blows up the deficit. keep in mind, this is just to pay for the additional spending he is talking about. that is before we even get to the deficit we already have. or, alternatively, it has to be paid for not only by closing deductions for wealthy individuals, which will pay for about 4% reduction in tax rates, you will be paying for it. you will lose deductions. you cannot buy the sales pitch that nobody who has looked at it that is serious actually believes it adds up. >> before we get into a massive array of who says what, if it should not add up, if, somehow, when you get in there, there is not enough tax revenue coming in, if somehow the numbers do not add up, would you be willing to look again at a 20%? >> of course they add up. i was somebody who ran businesses for 25 years. i balanced the budget. i ran the olympics. i balance the budget. i ran the states of, massachusetts and balanced -- the state of massachusetts. how about $4 trillion up deficits over the last four years? $5 trillion? that is tha
either, candy, this blows up the deficit. keep in mind, this is just to pay for the additional spending he is talking about. that is before we even get to the deficit we already have. or, alternatively, it has to be paid for not only by closing deductions for wealthy individuals, which will pay for about 4% reduction in tax rates, you will be paying for it. you will lose deductions. you cannot buy the sales pitch that nobody who has looked at it that is serious actually believes it adds up....
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that's part of what took us from deficits to surplus. it will be good for our economy and it will be good for job creation. now governor romney has a different philosophy. he was on "60 minutes" just two weeks ago and he was asked, is it fair for somebody like you making $20 million a year to pay a lower tax rate than a nurse or a bus driver, somebody making a 50$,000 a year. he said yes, i think that's fair. he said i think that's what grows the economy. i fundamentally disagree with that. i think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going to college. i think that grows the economy. i think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veteran who is fought four our country, that grows the economy. when governor romney stands here during the campaign, when during the republican primary he stood on stage he said i'm going to give tax cuts, not tax rate cuts, tax cuts to everybody in the top 1%. you can believe him because that's his hi
that's part of what took us from deficits to surplus. it will be good for our economy and it will be good for job creation. now governor romney has a different philosophy. he was on "60 minutes" just two weeks ago and he was asked, is it fair for somebody like you making $20 million a year to pay a lower tax rate than a nurse or a bus driver, somebody making a 50$,000 a year. he said yes, i think that's fair. he said i think that's what grows the economy. i fundamentally disagree with...
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it is not a rational way of getting the deficit under control. and the question is will obama and the republicans in the house be able to reach an agreement? there is a lot of doubt. they are all going to make the right rhetoric. they are sounding better, we'll see what happens. there is no trust between them. that is a big, big problem. >> i think the republicans will fight to hold the 35% but they are going to do what mitt romney recommended, cap deductions and exemptions and things like that. but they better get a deal. >> i i want a judgment on this before we leave. exit question. will there be a grand compromise between obama and the republicans to avoid the fiscal cliff before christmas? yes or no? >> before the new year, yeah. >> and i don't mize road mac map and the president will not cave on getting the rich to pay more. >> yes, there will be. >> they may take it right over the cliff for a >>> issue three. the referendum issue, otherwise known as the happen per stoners. these include item, pot prevails. two states, colorado and washingto
it is not a rational way of getting the deficit under control. and the question is will obama and the republicans in the house be able to reach an agreement? there is a lot of doubt. they are all going to make the right rhetoric. they are sounding better, we'll see what happens. there is no trust between them. that is a big, big problem. >> i think the republicans will fight to hold the 35% but they are going to do what mitt romney recommended, cap deductions and exemptions and things...
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and it ain't pretty. >> so -- so you're very concerned about the deficit. you think that the estimates for growth and spending are -- are not realistic in the administration, the public debate generally. how do you -- how do you tackle this? is it a combination of tax increases, cuts in spending? what is -- what's the responsible approach to dealing with this? >> yes. we will need all the above. but if i can go back to the original theme, we need quality as well as quantity. because if you simply do the tax increases and the spending cuts needed to make it close, and you continue to spend and design policy as wastefully as we do now, you will doom the economy. so what we have to start thinking about is how do you improve the quality with which we collect taxes? and how do you improve the quality with which we deliver services? that's what i think has to be on the agenda right now. you know, we all talk comprehensive tax reform. i think if you look at what's actually being proposed, there isn't a lot being proposed from the administration, even on the republ
and it ain't pretty. >> so -- so you're very concerned about the deficit. you think that the estimates for growth and spending are -- are not realistic in the administration, the public debate generally. how do you -- how do you tackle this? is it a combination of tax increases, cuts in spending? what is -- what's the responsible approach to dealing with this? >> yes. we will need all the above. but if i can go back to the original theme, we need quality as well as quantity. because...
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so deficits limit our economic freedom, raising taxes affects our economic freedom, regulation, you have to have regulations to make a marketplace work. you have to have rules and regulations, but regulations that get too large can overwhelm the enterprises that you're trying to encourage. so when our friends in washington pass a bill known as dodd-frank because they say they want to -- they're concerned about these too big to fail banks they don't understand what they did is make it harder not on the big banks but on the community banks. they make it harder for them to renegotiate with homeowners to stay in their homes, they make it harder for small banks to compete. guess what's happened since dodd-frank? the biggers banks got bigger and community banks got badly hurt. we're seeing an insinuation of regulators throughout our economy making it harder and harder for enterprises to accomplish their mission. we built an interstate highway system, we built a hoover dam. today we can't even built a pipeline for pete sakes. [ applause ] and there was a time we were known as the manufacturing
so deficits limit our economic freedom, raising taxes affects our economic freedom, regulation, you have to have regulations to make a marketplace work. you have to have rules and regulations, but regulations that get too large can overwhelm the enterprises that you're trying to encourage. so when our friends in washington pass a bill known as dodd-frank because they say they want to -- they're concerned about these too big to fail banks they don't understand what they did is make it harder not...
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promises that the trillion dollar bahama care health care bill would bring down the deficit and reduce premiums and allow people to keep insurance they have have given way to the reality it's adding to debt and premiums are going up and every day people lose the insurance they had and enjoyed. just as the health care bill is driving up the cost of health care, the energy policies drive up the cost of energy. their regulations on banks made it harder for businesses to get cal tap. many hiss kank panics are small business owners and feel that credit crunch. i spoke a couple of weeks ago with a small bank owner in tennessee who told me at this time he employs more compliance officers than loan officers. all of that reflects a view from washington and from this administration that we're better off p if experts there in the nation's capital, economists in the market and policy may havens and staffers on the house ways and means and senate finance committees could just have even more power to -- i'm going to use the president's own words es of boom and bust in our economic, and to spread the
promises that the trillion dollar bahama care health care bill would bring down the deficit and reduce premiums and allow people to keep insurance they have have given way to the reality it's adding to debt and premiums are going up and every day people lose the insurance they had and enjoyed. just as the health care bill is driving up the cost of health care, the energy policies drive up the cost of energy. their regulations on banks made it harder for businesses to get cal tap. many hiss kank...
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bush deficits. bush job losses. now, don't you feel better all right? so, look, now when -- when tea party republicans, like kevin myth, kelly ayok, charlie bass, frank guinta and mitt romney, when these folks say that they want to take us back, i think all of us should rightly ask, back to what? i don't want to go back to those days. the job losses. the deficits, the endless wars. you know, nostalgia is not all it used to be. i don't want to go back there. here's in the granite state, moving forward is a part of who you are. it is in your dna. going back is not in your blood. it's not the new hampshire way. frankly, it's not the maryland way, and it's not the way that america was built. with governor lynch's new hampshire's working initiative, new hampshire chose to move forward not back. with governor lynch's new launching pad, new hampshire chose to move, sing it with me, forward, not back. with new hampshire, help first, helping small businesses provide health care for their employees, new hampshire chose to move -- forward not back. with public kin
bush deficits. bush job losses. now, don't you feel better all right? so, look, now when -- when tea party republicans, like kevin myth, kelly ayok, charlie bass, frank guinta and mitt romney, when these folks say that they want to take us back, i think all of us should rightly ask, back to what? i don't want to go back to those days. the job losses. the deficits, the endless wars. you know, nostalgia is not all it used to be. i don't want to go back there. here's in the granite state, moving...
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without more substantial steps to bring down our fiscal -- future fiscal deficits, then over the long run, the incomes of americans will grow more slowly and future economic growth will be weaker. these fiscal reforms are essential to ensure we have the room for the investments we need to improve growth and opportunity in the future like in education. in this era of more limited resources, we have to be able to target those more limited resources to investments with the highest returns. we have to make sure we can meet our changing national security needs in a more dangerous -- a still dangerous and uncertain world. and we have to agree on reforms to make sustainable -- make more sustainable, more affordable our commitments to protect health care and retirement security for the millions and millions of americans retiring in the next two decades. now, this debate about how to restore fiscal sustainability began with the bowles simpson recommendations for balanced mix of tax increases and spending reductions. this debate will likely end there. the debate will result in legislation that
without more substantial steps to bring down our fiscal -- future fiscal deficits, then over the long run, the incomes of americans will grow more slowly and future economic growth will be weaker. these fiscal reforms are essential to ensure we have the room for the investments we need to improve growth and opportunity in the future like in education. in this era of more limited resources, we have to be able to target those more limited resources to investments with the highest returns. we have...
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for the next four years is more deficits. almost that large. so that's ts next reason i'm different than president bush. championing small business. our party has been focused on big business too long. i came through small business and understand how hard it is to start a small business. everything i'll do is designed to help small businesses grow and add jobs. i want to keep their taxes down on small business. i want regulators to see their job as encouraging small enterprise. not crushing it. and the thing i find most troubling about obama care -- it's a long list but one of the things i find most troubling is, that when you go out and talk to small businesses and ask them what they think about it they tell you it keeps them from hiring more people. my priority is jobs. i know how to make that happen. and president bush had a very different path for a very different time. my path is designed in getting small businesses to grow and hire people? >> thanks, governor. mr. president? >>. >> well, first of all, i think it's impor
for the next four years is more deficits. almost that large. so that's ts next reason i'm different than president bush. championing small business. our party has been focused on big business too long. i came through small business and understand how hard it is to start a small business. everything i'll do is designed to help small businesses grow and add jobs. i want to keep their taxes down on small business. i want regulators to see their job as encouraging small enterprise. not crushing it....
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that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, yeah, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. and he's currently investing in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. that's -- governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. what we've done when it comes to trade is not only sign three trade deals to open up new markets, but we've also set up a task force for trade that goes after anybody who is taking advantage of american workers or businesses and not creating a level playing field. we've brought twice as many cases against unfair trade practices than previous administration, and we've won every single one that's been decided. when i said that we had to make sure that china was not flooding our domestic market with cheap tires, governor romney said i was being protectionist, that it wouldn't be helpful to american workers. well, in fact we saved 1,000 jobs. that's
that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, yeah, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. and he's currently investing in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. that's -- governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. what we've done when it comes to trade is not only sign three trade deals to open up new markets, but we've...
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industry that is this successful is able to hire more american workers and help decrease our trade deficit. we see the situation in many sectors of our economy, heavy machinery manufacturers like cat pilller, aerospace like boeing. it's incorrect to think lobstermen will set the same amount of traps if a significant portion of their demand is curtailed by law. the same applies to refined petroleum products. american refineries currently produce in excess of what the u.s. economy kmi needs. refiners will only supply what is demanded. if the markey amendment became law, refiners would be forced to reduce operations and lay off workers. i want to address another issue as a mork who has flown actually in the middle east. even if some of our foreign products are exported, keystone crude would still displace opec crude that u.s. refiners currently import, refine and, yes, in some cases export. it's important to have a reliable, reliable source of crude. the spikes we're seeing right now in the oil market aren't because of any supply issues, they're because of uncertainty in one part of the world
industry that is this successful is able to hire more american workers and help decrease our trade deficit. we see the situation in many sectors of our economy, heavy machinery manufacturers like cat pilller, aerospace like boeing. it's incorrect to think lobstermen will set the same amount of traps if a significant portion of their demand is curtailed by law. the same applies to refined petroleum products. american refineries currently produce in excess of what the u.s. economy kmi needs....
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that's part of what took us from deficits to surplus. it will be good for our economy and it will be good for job creation. now governor romney has a different philosophy. he was on "60 minutes" just two weeks ago and he was asked, is it fair for somebody like you making $20 million a year to pay a lower tax rate than a nurse or a bus driver, somebody making a 50$,000 a year. he said yes, i think that's fair. he said i think that's what grows the economy. i fundamentally disagree with that. i think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going to college. i think that grows the economy. i think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veteran who is fought four our country, that grows the economy. when governor romney stands here during the campaign, when during the republican primary he stood on stage he said i'm going to give tax cuts, not tax rate cuts, tax cuts to everybody in the top 1%. you can believe him because that's his hi
that's part of what took us from deficits to surplus. it will be good for our economy and it will be good for job creation. now governor romney has a different philosophy. he was on "60 minutes" just two weeks ago and he was asked, is it fair for somebody like you making $20 million a year to pay a lower tax rate than a nurse or a bus driver, somebody making a 50$,000 a year. he said yes, i think that's fair. he said i think that's what grows the economy. i fundamentally disagree with...
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that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china and is currently investing in countries, in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its phone folks. governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. and what we've done when it comes to trade is not only signed three trade deals to open up new markets, but we've also set up a task force for trade that goes after anybody who is taking advantage of american workers or businesses and not creating a level playing field. we've brought twice as many cases against unfair trading practices than the previous administration, and we've won every single one that's been be. when i said that we had to make sure that china was not flooding our domestic market with cheap tires, governor romney said i was being protectionist. that it wouldn't be helpful to american workers. well in fact we saved a thousand jobs
that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china and is currently investing in countries, in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its phone folks. governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. and what we've done when it comes to trade is not only signed three trade deals to open up new markets, but...
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that is a fundamental structural shift and it is produced -- it has produced record-setting deficits and putting us in a path of greece and where much of europe are. the economy is teetering on the edge of recession. the were seen can do is jacked up taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs or job creators. that makes it all the more likely to push us into a recession. and for the 23 million people who struggling for work, the worst thing to do is hurt the small businesses that create those jobs. >> it is fair to say that the president has reduced taxes. he has reduced taxes for small businesses 18 times. he cut taxes for '95 -- for 95% of families out there. the question is do we ask everybody to sacrifice? when you look at the marginal rate in the united states, when ronald reagan took office, the marginal office with 71% to 72%. it is interesting to me that the greatness that people speak of in terms of the united states, when we talk about the 1940's, the 1950's, the 1960's, 1970's, the marginal rate that folks paid was much greater. nobody says we will go back to that. at the
that is a fundamental structural shift and it is produced -- it has produced record-setting deficits and putting us in a path of greece and where much of europe are. the economy is teetering on the edge of recession. the were seen can do is jacked up taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs or job creators. that makes it all the more likely to push us into a recession. and for the 23 million people who struggling for work, the worst thing to do is hurt the small businesses that create those...
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bush years, created the deficit, did not create jobs, took us to the brink of a depression that is very hard to grow out of and not to assign blame to him which the whole world has already done but when they bring this up again as their approach, then you have to say this did not work before, it will only make matters worse for the middle-class. we are saying to them, pass the transportation bill. take away the uncertainty to students for the interest they will pay on student loans. past the middle income tax cut so that we can remove all doubt that that will exist and not be held hostage to tax cuts for the wealthiest people in the country. we have seen it all in their budget in which they have enshrine the unfairness which is their goal. how else would you describe elimination of medicare, making seniors pay $6,400 more while getting fewer benefits while you get in over $300,000 tax cut to people making over $1 million per year? do you think it's fair for students to pay double interest on their student loan while you give that same several hundred thousand dollar tax break to the wea
bush years, created the deficit, did not create jobs, took us to the brink of a depression that is very hard to grow out of and not to assign blame to him which the whole world has already done but when they bring this up again as their approach, then you have to say this did not work before, it will only make matters worse for the middle-class. we are saying to them, pass the transportation bill. take away the uncertainty to students for the interest they will pay on student loans. past the...
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[applause] we must bring federal deficits down. [cheers and applause] [applause] but how we do that makes all the difference. [cheers and applause] we can begin by limiting the size and scope of government. [cheers and applause] under the leadership of vice president bush, we have reduced the growth of federal regulations by more than 25% and cut well over 300 million hours of government required paperwork every year saving the public more than $150 billion over the next ten years. [applause] the grace commission has given us some 2500 recommendations for reducing wasteful spending and they're being examined throughout the administration. federal spending growth is cut from 17.4% in 1980 to less than half of that today, and we have already achieved over $300 billion in budget savings for the period of 1982-86, but that's only a little more than half of what we sought. government is still spending too large a percentage of the total economy. [applause] now, some insist that any further budget savings must be obtained by reducing the
[applause] we must bring federal deficits down. [cheers and applause] [applause] but how we do that makes all the difference. [cheers and applause] we can begin by limiting the size and scope of government. [cheers and applause] under the leadership of vice president bush, we have reduced the growth of federal regulations by more than 25% and cut well over 300 million hours of government required paperwork every year saving the public more than $150 billion over the next ten years. [applause]...
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deficits about reining in spending about keeping their promises to tackle the country's fifteen trillion dollar debt because it's not enough to make promises they are basically allies there's no punishment we want to ask maybe if there is you know a different look at things maybe you can't run for reelection if you break your promises well that is a lot of interesting questions you raise there laura that is all coming up next on the capital account that's going to do it do it for the news we will see you right back here and a half hour stay tuned. for the. people calling like you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the. as you can hear behind me loud explosions. oh a. technology innovations all the developments around russia. the future. a soulless substance. in a touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothingness. the mysterious sons of russia. are teaching. the fire. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse somethi
deficits about reining in spending about keeping their promises to tackle the country's fifteen trillion dollar debt because it's not enough to make promises they are basically allies there's no punishment we want to ask maybe if there is you know a different look at things maybe you can't run for reelection if you break your promises well that is a lot of interesting questions you raise there laura that is all coming up next on the capital account that's going to do it do it for the news we...
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and some people would say that if we put people to work rebuilding that two trillion dollar deficit you have americans that are working the economy improves but time brian k. thanks for coming on and give them another election mitt romney thinks he can win the presidency by touting his accomplishments in the private equity industry but what romney doesn't get is governments aren't supposed to be run for a profit they're supposed to be run for the public good there's time to take. that you know mitt romney used to be the governor of massachusetts probably not because mitt doesn't like talking about instead middle likes to talk about his time in the private sector as a businessman in fact romney thinks being a businessman qualifies him to be president more than having been a governor does. i spent my life in the private sector i have not been a bit employed by washington i've been employed in the private sector like you have i want to use that experience to get america working again and saw the challenges of this great nation basically in its argument is that it will take a businessma
and some people would say that if we put people to work rebuilding that two trillion dollar deficit you have americans that are working the economy improves but time brian k. thanks for coming on and give them another election mitt romney thinks he can win the presidency by touting his accomplishments in the private equity industry but what romney doesn't get is governments aren't supposed to be run for a profit they're supposed to be run for the public good there's time to take. that you know...
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he said that he'd get debt and deficits under control. debt increased by 16%. he left the state with a billion dollar deficit. the size of government grew. he said it would shrink. tax went up. he said they would go down. and the president took office at the time of historic economic nation. he brought us back from the brink. the manufacturing was in decline. it's up again. he's created an economic climate that has led businesses to create 4.2 million private sector jobs. >> ben, when people are critical of the obama playbook in terms of how the obama team is trying to hold their campaign and go after mitt romney on bain first and now massachusetts and people saying it's preseason, no one's going remember this come november about the bain attacks, why this attack? why not go after the governor on his record for what he was governor of? >> obviously romney's campaign wants to declare his economic record off limits since he's been campaigning as a job creator. it turns out that's not what he was. we're going to talk about it every dayday through the election like
he said that he'd get debt and deficits under control. debt increased by 16%. he left the state with a billion dollar deficit. the size of government grew. he said it would shrink. tax went up. he said they would go down. and the president took office at the time of historic economic nation. he brought us back from the brink. the manufacturing was in decline. it's up again. he's created an economic climate that has led businesses to create 4.2 million private sector jobs. >> ben, when...
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governor romney wouldn't reduce the deficit. every independent economist that looked at his plan says he would add to the diving for cover sit and allow infrastructure to deer toor rate more. this is not a recipe for growing the economy. that is the stark choice. >> chris: is the president's agenda because i did not hear anything new in ohio. is the president's agenda for the next four years more of the same? >> what is is what this country needs to do which is reduce the deficit in the right way. fair and balanced way. >> chris: i like the fact that you keep saying fair and balanceed. >> it is the right way. this president signed into law by the way almost $2 trillion in spending cuts. we have to focus on what is g going to grow the economy for the middle class and that is o going to be continuing to focus on the manufacturing. >> chris: but you would agree there is no new agenda beyond what he has been pushing for the last year. >> this is the direction he thinks the country needs to go. let's look at the other direction, chri
governor romney wouldn't reduce the deficit. every independent economist that looked at his plan says he would add to the diving for cover sit and allow infrastructure to deer toor rate more. this is not a recipe for growing the economy. that is the stark choice. >> chris: is the president's agenda because i did not hear anything new in ohio. is the president's agenda for the next four years more of the same? >> what is is what this country needs to do which is reduce the deficit in...
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uale i d y hen fias r bee $1.3 and $1.7 trillion annual deficit. add $5 trillion to the national debt in just three years. ad5tronthtihis wayt t debt. for the first 216 years of the republic, that's how much debt we accrued. from george washington through, the first 216 years of this thbaddtronbu e k an e so as i was, um, developing the central arguments for the book, it occurr to me that he's not just redistributing wealth her at home, athou he lu d t d wa h dit iby attacking the four core pillars of the u.s. enomy. the industrial base, the financial sector, the ener seornd t hea c ct up tnt u.s. economy, and they're all interrelated to everything else. and from day one he very thodically and deliber ntuttawnho on e market capitalism and remaking them as massive, redistributive schemes. he's been more successful in some areas than others. we'll see what the sreme court does on thursday with obamacare. wa touee sthk 's gly but he went about it in a systematic way. think about it this way: any other american president would 10neympping his lov us fr
uale i d y hen fias r bee $1.3 and $1.7 trillion annual deficit. add $5 trillion to the national debt in just three years. ad5tronthtihis wayt t debt. for the first 216 years of the republic, that's how much debt we accrued. from george washington through, the first 216 years of this thbaddtronbu e k an e so as i was, um, developing the central arguments for the book, it occurr to me that he's not just redistributing wealth her at home, athou he lu d t d wa h dit iby attacking the four core...
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debts and deficits are not a new development, mr. chairman. the whole time that you've served in the senate it has been a real challenge for both parties in the last four years i think only four federal budgets have been balanced. the path of least resistance for a generation has been to keep revenues low and services high and not deal with the gap. i think we are at a day of reckoning. i think it's my hope that this committee and members will be serious. maybe offcamera, maybe individually, maybe collectively about working hard towards finding the very real solutions that we need. president warner commented whatever a bipartisan compromise is ultimately reached to solve this problem, it will be difficult, it will be painful and it will need a real enforcement mechanism. regardless of which party, regardless of which view, i think all of us can agree we have to find a way forward that doesn't eviscerate our safety net, that asks for broadly shared sacrifice. that doesn't jeopardize our fragile recovery. and that retains highly effective long s
debts and deficits are not a new development, mr. chairman. the whole time that you've served in the senate it has been a real challenge for both parties in the last four years i think only four federal budgets have been balanced. the path of least resistance for a generation has been to keep revenues low and services high and not deal with the gap. i think we are at a day of reckoning. i think it's my hope that this committee and members will be serious. maybe offcamera, maybe individually,...
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the only way to do that is to pass a comprehensive plan to reduce the deficit. that is what the budget control act requires. find savings so we do not have a deficit that is uncontrollable, so we get it under control. there have been various plans out there to get us up as high as $4 trillion every 10 years. we have to choose to do that. i think revenue has to be part of that equation. if you are absolutely committed to the need to provide for the national security of this country, if you are deeply concerned, and i share the chairman's views about the complexity of the credit environment and the need to be prepared for it, you ought to be prepared to raise the revenue necessary to pay for that national security was so desperately. we have been unwilling to do that. that is why we are in the box we are in. i do not think it is a huge mystery that somehow penetrated to be paired we know how much will be cut. we know where it will be cut from. a number of different studies both inside and outside of the government continue to assess the damage that will be caused.
the only way to do that is to pass a comprehensive plan to reduce the deficit. that is what the budget control act requires. find savings so we do not have a deficit that is uncontrollable, so we get it under control. there have been various plans out there to get us up as high as $4 trillion every 10 years. we have to choose to do that. i think revenue has to be part of that equation. if you are absolutely committed to the need to provide for the national security of this country, if you are...
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i'll tell you why mitt romney will make the deficit worse. richard wolffe joins me next on that. >>> republicans block the appointment of the state's first openly gay judge. one congressman from oklahoma thinks that kind of discrimination, it's just fine. we'll discuss the right wing's effort to undermine equality in this country. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] raise your hand if you've got savings whiplash. you know, from car insurance companies shouting, "save 500 bucks over here!" "no, save 300 bucks over here!" "wait, save 400 bucks right here." with so many places offering so much buck-saving, where do you start? well, esurance was born online, raised by technology, and majors in efficiency. so they're actually built to save you money... and time... and whiplash. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call. >>> coming up, mitt romney and the gop's new ad blitz says the president is solely to blame for the national debt. i think they are the ones that will make it worse. we'll explain. >>> later, i'm bringing out
i'll tell you why mitt romney will make the deficit worse. richard wolffe joins me next on that. >>> republicans block the appointment of the state's first openly gay judge. one congressman from oklahoma thinks that kind of discrimination, it's just fine. we'll discuss the right wing's effort to undermine equality in this country. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] raise your hand if you've got savings whiplash. you know, from car insurance companies shouting, "save 500...
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his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. so iowa, you know, everybody here has heard of the new deal. you've heard of the fair deal. you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney's trying to sell you a sketchy deal. >> i just think that the american people had expected that the president of the united states would be able to describe what he's going to do in the next four years, but he can't. he can't even explain what he's done in the last four years. i mean, he spends most of his time trying to talking about how my plan won't work. well, what about his plan? >> that's president barack obama in iowa and mitt romney in virginia at campaign rallies today, continuing the fight from last night or trying to. joining us tonight is dan rather, the host of "dan rather reports" on ax cyst tv. glad to have you here. >> always glad to be here. >> the first debate was a big and consequential win for governor romney. that tracks with incumbents beating challengers in first debates. how do you think president obama's rebound performance l
his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. so iowa, you know, everybody here has heard of the new deal. you've heard of the fair deal. you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney's trying to sell you a sketchy deal. >> i just think that the american people had expected that the president of the united states would be able to describe what he's going to do in the next four years, but he can't. he can't even explain what he's done in the last four years. i mean, he spends most of his...
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that's the same economics that got us into an incredible deficit hole. in fact, it just makes we crazy that conservatives blame president obama for the whopping deficit. it started under george w. bush with the very same policies. you remember in the clinton years, the end of the clinton years, the budget was balanced, we were building surpluses, george bush came in and instituted tax cuts and kept spending money. that's what helped get us in the hole we're in now, and mitt romney has not said anything any different from that. he claims he is going to reign in spending, but he didn't say where. so until he says where, i think he will keep the same policies george w. bush had. >> let me show you the actual facts that president obama's policies have actually had the slowest increase in federal spending since any president innizen hour. there is no comparison to reagan and george w. bush. the irony is that it's the opposite. >> you have that record on the one hand, the romney record we don't know exactly what his policies would be, but you can see why he wa
that's the same economics that got us into an incredible deficit hole. in fact, it just makes we crazy that conservatives blame president obama for the whopping deficit. it started under george w. bush with the very same policies. you remember in the clinton years, the end of the clinton years, the budget was balanced, we were building surpluses, george bush came in and instituted tax cuts and kept spending money. that's what helped get us in the hole we're in now, and mitt romney has not said...
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have we achieved a $1 trillion operating deficit? that's what we have under this president. >> george? >> with his prediction about what the stimulus accomplish, his green jobs accomplish, the fortunes has shot the fortunate. when the leader of the russian revolution made a lot of predictions. his biographer said, his f farsighted none of his predictions have come true yet. i think president obama is far sit sighted in the same way. >> what's interesting about that -- >> unimplement would go below 8%. >> and stay below 8%. >> they were optimistic about es own. without the stimulus, economy would fall sharply and that was, i don't know why they believed that, this isn't a problem with the president's policy. a couple of economists put together in january 2009, is that still what we're going to run on? >> this week, both campaigns went in to rival territories and said, at the open, david axel rod went to massachusetts. >> the state was 47th in job creation. fourth from the bottom under romney's tenure, massachusetts's economic performa
have we achieved a $1 trillion operating deficit? that's what we have under this president. >> george? >> with his prediction about what the stimulus accomplish, his green jobs accomplish, the fortunes has shot the fortunate. when the leader of the russian revolution made a lot of predictions. his biographer said, his f farsighted none of his predictions have come true yet. i think president obama is far sit sighted in the same way. >> what's interesting about that -- >>...
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we have got to cut the deficit. and finally, champion small business. we put those in place we'll add 12 million new jobs in four years. >> five points. where is this new -- well actually this old strategy coming from? "politico" from this morning, it's all top romney campaign strategist stewart stevens. he's reportedly not only the campaign's chief strategist, but also its chief ad maker and chief speech writer. those were three different positions in the obama and bush campaign. so you stevens is reportedly pushing for romney to keep dodging the specifics. all of this is happening as the specifics of steven's only life are becoming quite an issue. this guy is kind of amazing. not only is he a strategy and an ad maker and speech writer but he is also an adventurer, and a hollywood screen writer and on top of all of that he was a strategist, for bob dole mccain, and george w. bush. now romney is trying to place the problems squarely on steven's shoulders. hum. but it is really stevens' fault or is he maybe beingscape goated as republicans trip over each
we have got to cut the deficit. and finally, champion small business. we put those in place we'll add 12 million new jobs in four years. >> five points. where is this new -- well actually this old strategy coming from? "politico" from this morning, it's all top romney campaign strategist stewart stevens. he's reportedly not only the campaign's chief strategist, but also its chief ad maker and chief speech writer. those were three different positions in the obama and bush...
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when you think about it, the deficits cast, ove a trillion dollars for the next four years. freckly this will add $80 billion a year. it i nonsense. it is a parody of reality, and the blood is not responsible about their duty is being fiscal managers for the united states. when you think about that, $20 trillion in four years. if you paid off a dollar a second you'rtalking about 670,000 years to pay is tough. the response is impractical, and when you look at the biggess growth which is entitlements and think about the dynamic shift in the demographics, people are getting older, living longer, the costs attributed to that with less workers, our population is not growing at much to mike catastrophic. if they don't do something realistic to curb spending problem. lou: as of tonight it looks like there is nothing ralistic going on in washington d.c. imagine that. it is great to talk with you. i hope he will come back soon and often. amazing, as you saw. editorial cartoonist. up next ralph nader headlines a triumvirate of angry liberals over the weekend. we will have that straigh
when you think about it, the deficits cast, ove a trillion dollars for the next four years. freckly this will add $80 billion a year. it i nonsense. it is a parody of reality, and the blood is not responsible about their duty is being fiscal managers for the united states. when you think about that, $20 trillion in four years. if you paid off a dollar a second you'rtalking about 670,000 years to pay is tough. the response is impractical, and when you look at the biggess growth which is...
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spending don't let anybody tell you that mitt romney does not believe in deficit spending because he has not told the american people clearly how we plan on paying for his five trillion dollar tax cut and there's two trillion dollars military build up and until he gives the american to answer everybody just like george w. bush it only got a president since richard nixon i don't know i think the real the real the reality of the situation though is like any political observer with sort of any honesty knows that romney is the most moderate person that came out of this field and he was not the not the extremist or maybe he just pretended to be one for a couple of years well he's governed that way and if you if we have to use any of anything as an example certainly a lot of democrats in massachusetts who would say he did not govern that way that he was he was combative he is contentious he was bullying he was dismissive he was condescending he is why he left the state with a thirty thirty four thirty six percent approval rating yet he got to run for reelection and there was no way there d
spending don't let anybody tell you that mitt romney does not believe in deficit spending because he has not told the american people clearly how we plan on paying for his five trillion dollar tax cut and there's two trillion dollars military build up and until he gives the american to answer everybody just like george w. bush it only got a president since richard nixon i don't know i think the real the real the reality of the situation though is like any political observer with sort of any...
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this week, big business got behind the simpson bowles deficit proposal. that includes some tax increases. mitt romney then said forget about it. forget about any tax increases. which brings us to this week's big question. if he actually won the election, would romney agree to a tax increase as part of a big deficit solution? joe. >> he hasn't said read my lips. and i think that's the only way he's going to get a settlement is if he agrees to some revenue increases. chris: unless they get 50 senators and reconciliation and do it that way. >> they can do it. >> i think he will follow what business leaders keep telling us. that there has to be a big bargain and they recognize there has to be a revenue component to it. >> first big move as president, i don't see how he can. i think that's why wall street is so nervous. >> i think that he will -- chris: he's locked into -- >> they're worried that the two sides -- there's no way that we're going to get an easy agreement on this. >> i think he will do revenue increases through tax reform. i think you're going to
this week, big business got behind the simpson bowles deficit proposal. that includes some tax increases. mitt romney then said forget about it. forget about any tax increases. which brings us to this week's big question. if he actually won the election, would romney agree to a tax increase as part of a big deficit solution? joe. >> he hasn't said read my lips. and i think that's the only way he's going to get a settlement is if he agrees to some revenue increases. chris: unless they get...
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so as everybody's talking about our deficits, i would love to spend a couple of minutes to talk about our surpluses. because, you know, i was born in athens and lived in a one-home starmt. but my whom, whole an yoe ta-- >> even when they had -- we need to change the even among the people who are out of work, we have a lot of skilled people out of work. even with though on we can tap into time and resources to help each other. after all during hurricanes. remember how during hurricane high honey, everybody kitsched in, and into that very american spirit. and also, the roading in our national institutions, trust is growing in our local institutions. so your role is more important now than ever. and that's why i was so grateful that you invited me to be here because i've been waiting a that i am working to materialize in our even concern. a conversation that can begin to change the country fundamentally. he says the successful steps are remarkable similar. you need to and you need to create a world-class culture that not only attracts the best possible people but encouraged. we now have
so as everybody's talking about our deficits, i would love to spend a couple of minutes to talk about our surpluses. because, you know, i was born in athens and lived in a one-home starmt. but my whom, whole an yoe ta-- >> even when they had -- we need to change the even among the people who are out of work, we have a lot of skilled people out of work. even with though on we can tap into time and resources to help each other. after all during hurricanes. remember how during hurricane high...